Emily

George wrote another article that brings back a lot of memories for me from Mexico. I was the kid who appropriated some of his seed, mostly because I found some that had a map of Mexico on them and I …

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A Snapshot Of Homesteading Life Homesteaders, farmers and ranchers all live side by side. Sometimes, we will reach out to help one another. It’s how we make life in the country a little better. This past week, two of our …

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A Wild Treat My family grows as many varieties of fruits and veggies as we can on the homestead. Some of what we eat though, volunteers as wild plants. There is one that we especially love. Lambs quarters! Lambs quarters …

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Rescue Lamb All Grown Up Two days ago marked a one year anniversary of a very special day on our farm. One year ago today, we woke up to our Anatolian shepherd, Commando curled up around something white in our …

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Making Jerky One of my favorite snacks has always been jerky. Unfortunately, jerky is usually pretty expensive in the store. I can’t afford to buy it very often. However, a few years back, I got a dehydrator for Christmas. Dehydrators …

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When you’re cold, they are cold…or maybe not It’s that time of year again when you’ll be seeing lots of posts on social media about bringing your pets inside. “When you’re cold, they’re cold” There is some truth to …

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Christmas Savings Hey all, With Christmas literally just days away, I got to thinking about how we go about saving money for Christmas and other times of the year. Here’s one thing we do. As homesteaders, my family is always …

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Hey all, I try to keep a lifestyle of learning, and recently I made a new discovery through an online class which I then tried with the HomesteadingEdu web page. The class had me use the Safari app to add …

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5 Reasons I’m Thankful That I Can Homestead Hi All, I’m a little late on my Thanksgiving post because we had some delightful company over for Thanksgiving. But, I’m back for this week. I wanted to share with you some reasons …

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The Best Bread When I was growing up in Mexico, my family had primarily white bread that was interspersed with corn bread. So, while I wasn’t picky about other foods, I wasn’t too keen on bread that goes crunch. However, …